Condolences began pouring in from across Canada on Friday amid news former Alberta premier Don Getty had passed away at the age of 82.

Getty, born in Quebec in 1933, headed to Alberta in 1955 to play for the Edmonton Eskimos. He played for 10 years, winning two Grey Cups. There, he met teammate and fellow former premier Peter Lougheed. It was Lougheed who drafted Getty into politics with the Progressive Conservative party.

Both were elected in 1967, and in 1971, their party, with Lougheed at the helm, formed the Alberta government beginning a Conservative dynasty that would last until 2015.

Here are some of the many tributes to Getty posted to Twitter: